scholarly journals Global aspects of spaces of vacua

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adar Sharon
Keyword(s):  
Closed Loop ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Quantum Field Theories ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Strongly Coupled ◽  
Weakly Coupled

Abstract We study “vacuum crossing”, which occurs when the vacua of a theory are exchanged as we vary some periodic parameter θ in a closed loop. We show that vacuum crossing is a useful non-perturbative tool to study strongly-coupled quantum field theories, since finding vacuum crossing in a weakly-coupled regime of the theory can lead to nontrivial consequences in the strongly-coupled regime. We start by discussing a mechanism where vacuum crossing occurs due to an anomaly, and then discuss some applications of vacuum crossing in general. In particular, we argue that vacuum crossing can be used to check IR dualities and to look for emergent IR symmetries.

BINDING ENERGIES IN WEAKLY COUPLED (2+1)-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM FIELD THEORIES

1991 ◽  
Vol 06 (29) ◽  
pp. 2705-2711
Author(s):  
G. GAT ◽  
B. ROSENSTEIN
Keyword(s):  
Perturbation Theory ◽  
Binding Energy ◽  
Bound State ◽  
Binding Energies ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
General Question ◽  
Quantum Field Theories ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Weakly Coupled ◽  
Gross Neveu Model

We calculate the binding energy of the two-particle threshold bound state in the (2+1)-dimensional Gross-Neveu model. This model was recently shown to be renormalizable within the 1/N expansion. The binding energy is found to be ΔE=4mc-8Nf where m is the mass of the elementary fermion and Nf is the number of flavors. The general question of consistency of the perturbation theory within the framework of the Bethe-Salpeter equation is discussed.

BOUND STATE ENERGIES IN THE 1/N EXPANSION

1993 ◽  
Vol 08 (09) ◽  
pp. 1613-1628
Author(s):  
T. JAROSZEWICZ ◽  
P.S. KURZEPA
Keyword(s):  
Bound States ◽  
Symmetric Tensor ◽  
Bound State ◽  
Binding Energies ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Quantum Field Theories ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
3 Dimensional ◽  
Weakly Coupled

We derive and solve — in an arbitrary number of dimensions — Omnès-type equations for bound-state energies in weakly coupled quantum field theories. We show that, for theories defined in the 1/N expansion, these equations are exact to leading order in 1/N. We derive and discuss the weak coupling and nonrelativistic limits of the Omnès equations. We then calculate the binding energies and effective bound-state couplings in (1+1), (1+2) and (1+3)-dimensional O(N)-invariant ϕ4 theory. We consider both the scalar and symmetric tensor bound states.

scholarly journals INFRARED ANALYSIS OF QUANTUM FIELD THEORIES

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (08n09) ◽  
pp. 1727-1734 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCO FRASCA
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Quantum Field Theory ◽  
Asymptotic Series ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Infrared Analysis ◽  
Quantum Field Theories ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Strongly Coupled ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
The Given

We show that for a λϕ4 theory having many components, the solution with all equal components in the infrared regime is stable with respect to our expansion given by a recently devised approach to analyze strongly coupled quantum field theory. The analysis is extended to a pure Yang–Mills theory showing how, in this case, the given asymptotic series exists. In this way, many components theories in the infrared regime can be mapped to a single component scalar field theory obtaining their spectrum.

scholarly journals The Power of Duality — Exact Results in 4D SUSY Field Theory

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (29) ◽  
pp. 5171-5182 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Seiberg
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Quantum Field Theories ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Strongly Coupled ◽  
Weakly Coupled ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Distance Behavior ◽  
Physical Phenomena

Recently the vacuum structure of a large class of four-dimensional (supersymmetric) quantum field theories was determined exactly. These theories exhibit a wide range of interesting new physical phenomena. One of the main new insights is the role of "electric–magnetic duality." In its simplest form it describes the long distance behavior of some strongly coupled, and hence complicated, "electric theories" in terms of weakly coupled "magnetic theories." This understanding sheds new light on confinement and the Higgs mechanism and uncovers new phases of four-dimensional gauge theories. We review these developments and speculate on the outlook.

scholarly journals THE POWER OF DUALITY — EXACT RESULTS IN 4D SUSY FIELD THEORY

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (27) ◽  
pp. 4365-4376 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. SEIBERG
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Quantum Field Theories ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Strongly Coupled ◽  
Weakly Coupled ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Distance Behavior ◽  
Physical Phenomena

Recently the vacuum structure of a large class of four-dimensional (supersymmetric) quantum field theories was determined exactly. These theories exhibit a wide range of interesting new physical phenomena. One of the main new insights is the role of "electric–magnetic duality." In its simplest form it describes the long distance behavior of some strongly coupled, and hence complicated, "electric theories" in terms of weakly coupled "magnetic theories." This understanding sheds new light on confinement and the Higgs mechanism and uncovers new phases of four-dimensional gauge theories. We review these developments and speculate on the outlook.

scholarly journals Formfactors of Relativistic Composite Particle Interactions in Unified Nonlinear Spinorfield Models

1985 ◽  
Vol 40 (7) ◽  
pp. 752-773
Author(s):  
H. Stumpf
Keyword(s):  
Composite Particle ◽  
Particle Interaction ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Quantum Field Theories ◽  
Statistical Interpretation ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Mapping Procedure ◽  
Effective Dynamics ◽  
Rough Approximation

Unified nonlinear spinorfield models are self-regularizing quantum field theories in which all observable (elementary and non-elementary) particles are assumed to be bound states of fermionic preon fields. Due to their large masses the preons themselves are confined and below the threshold of preon production the effective dynamics of the model is only concerned with bound state reactions. In preceding papers a functional energy representation, the statistical interpretation and the dynamical equations were derived and the effective dynamics for preon-antipreon boson states and three preon-fermion states (with corresponding anti-fermions) was studied in the low energy limit. The transformation of the functional energy representation of the spinorfield into composite particle functional operators produced a hierarchy of effective interactions at the composite particle level, the leading terms of which are identical with the functional energy representation of a phenomenological boson-fermion coupling theory. In this paper these calculations are extended into the high energy range. This leads to formfactors for the composite particle interaction terms which are calculated in a rough approximation and which in principle are observable. In addition, the mathematical and physical interpretation of nonlocal quantum field theories and the meaning of the mapping procedure, its relativistic invariance etc. are discussed.

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